The Bride of the Water God

Habaek

Main

The Water God, a temperamental deity who has not allowed rain to fall in Soah's village for many years. He is a child by day and an adult by night. Soah recognizes the child as her husband, but is unaware of his transformations; Habaek, unable to explain,...

Soah

Main

A girl from a small village chosen as the sacrifice to please the Water God, Habaek. When she was a child, she was prophesized to love two men in her life. She finds herself attracted to Mui, who she believes is Habaeks cousin, unaware that Habaek (the ch...

Ban Chun Geun

Supporting

Ban Chun Geun, Bi Ryeom (반천근, 비렴): The God of the Winds and ruler of the West Side Forest, who rescues Soah and Muhee when they are stranded in the mountains. He lives in exile for opposing the Emperor in the past. Bi Ryeom is an old acquaintance of Mura,...

Banwing

Supporting

A masked messenger who serves the Emperor. He wears a mask as a result of Hoo-ye attacking him in the past after Banwing presented a message to Habaek and threatened the Water God and his wife. He has made repeated indirect attempts to capture Soah, inclu...

Dong Wang Kong

Supporting

The Lord King of the East and the God of Birth and Spring. He is Habaek's father, as well as Shin Nong's closest and dearest friend. Because of his own affinity to fire and his decision to ally with Shin Nong, he has separated from his wife and child, and...

Emperor

Supporting

The Emperor: He first appears in the guise of the dead Nakbin, shocking Soah, who thought that Nakbin had returned. In a later chapter he expresses interest in Soah, going so far as to snatch her out of Hoo-ye's arms. Hoo-ye is seemingly bound to him by a...

Hoo-ye

Supporting

The commander of the Water Kingdom, also famed for being the best archer in the realm of gods. He appears to be loyal to Habaek, particularly after an unspoken incident involving Nakbin in the past. However, as of Volume 5, he appears to be under a 'contr...

Ju-dong

Supporting

The God of Fire. He loves everything that is cute. He once stole a peach from Suh-wangmo's garden 400 years ago. In the Emperor's war against Shin Nong, Ju-dong had hoped to be on the opposite side of Habaek in order to learn if he was stronger than Habae...

Mok-rang

Supporting

A young woman whose ability to see the future through her dreams awakened when she was a child. In one dream, she met Habaek, who recognized her as a shaman of water and revealed that he intended to marry Nakbin and that a terrible storm would strike her ...

Mura

Supporting

The Witch of the Chung Yo Mountains, who resides in the Water Kingdom and is knowledgeable with herbs and potions. She is in love with Habaek, who refers to her as a "goddess" out of kindness; however, because her love is unreciprocated, she resents Soah....

Nakbin

Supporting

Habaek's first love - She is the very reason why every year, a bride must be sacrificed to Habaek. She was revealed to be the very first human that Habaek met, and with her young age, the water god promised himself that she is to become his bride. When sh...

Seowangmo

Supporting

The Queen Mother of the West and the Goddess of Death, she is Habaek's mother, a beautiful woman who is centuries old. She is the Goddess of Punishment, Torture, and disease, though ironically, she is also the Goddess of Love and Beauty. Her vast lands co...

Shin Nong

Supporting

The God of Agriculture and the previous Emperor of the Gods, as the most powerful god. He loves humans and gods equally, which eventually resulted in Hunwon gathering divinities opposed to Shin Nong and overthrowing him. Once Mui's power over water emerge...

Tae-eul-jin-in

Supporting

A doctor and inventor in the Water Kingdom, a relatively recent inhabitant to the realm. He appears cordial and at times comic, but is perceptive and secretive. He appears to have his own motives regarding Habaek and Mura warns Soah not to trust Tae-eul-j...

Yeo-wa

Supporting

A crude-mannered woman sacrificed to Habaek as a bride and is rescued by Mui only at Soah's request, Yeo-wa schemes to get rid of Soah and take Habaek for herself. It was originally intended that she, not Soah, was to be sacrificed to Habaek; when she is ...

Yo-hee

Supporting

A goddess who is friendly to, and very fond of, Soah, going to the extent of rebuking Habaek for sending her away without warning and going to see her without taking anyone else along. Although she appears and behaves like an immature child, she is severa...